| bodice | 1. A kind of under waist stiffened with whalebone, etc, worn especially. By women; a corset; stays. 2. A close-fitting outer waist or vest forming the upper part of a woman's dress, or a portion of it. "Her bodice half way she unlaced." (Prior) Origin: This is properly the plural of body, Oe. Bodise a pair of bodies, equiv. To a bodice. Cf. Corset, and see Body. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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